GOODYEAR, Arizona – Scott Schebler admits his first reaction to the Reds’ big trade that brought in Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp this offseason was that both the new players are outfielders and he is an outfielder.

That’s a human response, the response you’d expect, even if many wouldn’t admit it.

“You start looking at yourself and ask what I’ve done that hasn’t been good enough?” Schebler said.

Schebler talked to his agent pretty soon afterward and his agent put it simply – the Reds were making moves to get better.

“After what we’ve been through, who am I to say what won’t make us better?” Schebler said. “I think everyone’s on board with winning games. It’s been such a long road that we don’t care what our role is, as long as we’re winning ballgames.”

Schebler came up to the big leagues in 2015 with the Dodgers. Los Angeles won the...